Mystery solved: discovery of a novel integrin ligand in the developing kidney

Mutant mice lacking the integrin α8 subunit exhibit variable defects in kidney development with most mutants missing both kidneys. Several lines of evidence indicate that the known extracellular matrix ligands for integrin α8β1 are either dispensable for or not involved in α8β1 signaling during kidn...

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Main Author: Miner, Jeffrey H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 2001
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2150774/